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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11573
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14780
13 Actual Demand 11266
14 Aggregate Planning 12303
15 Air Cargo 10184
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6718
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34963
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15386
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19388
20 Assembly Line 22682
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23077
22 Average Speed of Answer 26627
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23283
24 Batch Production 38594
25 Bill Discounting 14648
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11332
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7219
28 Blanket Release 10099
29 Bonded Warehouse 10132
30 Booking Number 13916
31 Bottleneck 9623
32 Buffer Stock 59518
33 Build to Stock 13091
34 Bullwhip Effect 9768
35 Business Logistics 25902
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12646
37 Capacity Management 40871
38 Capacity Utilization 14205
39 Capital Intensive 8515
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8856
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12220
42 Certified Supplier 9021
43 Channel Effectiveness 8997
44 Co-Destiny 9375
45 Co-managed Inventory 12650
46 Co-Packers 11851
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6956
48 Computer-Based Training 7754
49 Consular Invoice 19932
50 Container Depot 10674
51 Container Freight Station 10331
52 Continuous Replenishment 19649
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12155
54 Contract Carrier 7362
55 Contract of Affreightment 11485
56 Control Charts 8022
57 Cost Flow 10354
58 Courier Service 15342
59 CPFR 8285
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11883
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44354
62 Date Code 18371
63 Days of Supply 19941
64 Dead on Arrival 9422
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7376
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8193
67 Detective Control 8983
68 Devanning 14292
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11050
70 Dispatching 24682
71 Distributed Inventory 8427
72 Distribution Channel Management 34988
73 Distribution Metrics 9234
74 Distribution Planning 24300
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15331
76 Double Marginalization 52898
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22484
78 Dual 5488
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20705
80 Echelon Inventory 26305
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38359
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49978
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7684
84 Efficient Frontier 25619
85 Engineer-to-Order 31877
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16671
87 Erlang B Formula 9418
88 ETD 8393
89 Ex Works 7887
90 Exception Rate 13595
91 Exponential smoothing 9891
92 External Growth 10168
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9590
94 Field Services 7792
95 Field Warehouse 10749
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8883
97 Fishbone Diagram 14693
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27203
99 Flow Through Distribution 12402
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8260
101 FOB Destination 13144
102 Forward buying 30329
103 Freight Charge 10481
104 Freight Consolidation 7592
105 Gantt Chart 8345
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11825
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29692
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12771
109 Hub 23553
110 Idle Time 8134
 
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